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The Command Nobody Typed: What Every Board Should Lose Sleep Over

Sandeep Choudhari

Two incidents in 2026 — one in a personal inbox, one in a company’s data centre — arrive at the same place. Autonomous AI agents don’t have to malfunction to do damage. They only have to work. And what they expose is a failure of oversight, not of engineering. Early in my career, as a rookie programmer, I learned the most durable lesson of my working life by destroying four days of my own work in a single stroke. The instrument was a Unix command: rm -rf. It deletes everything beneath a directory — every file, every sub-folder — with … Continue reading The Command Nobody Typed: What Every Board Should Lose Sleep Over

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Sandeep Choudhari

And that is the most important leadership signal of 2026 There are few things rarer and harder than the courage to look at the thing that feeds you — the product, the model, the revenue engine that built your empire — and choose to rebuild it yourself, while it is still working better than ever, before anyone begins to disrupt you. Google just did exactly that. At Google IO 2026, the company announced a set of moves that, taken together, constitute a deliberate act of self-disruption at a scale rarely seen in corporate history. The headlines spoke about Gemini 3.5, … Continue reading

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What the dot-com era gets right — and dangerously wrong — about where AI is taking us

Sandeep Choudhari

In 1999, Pets.com exemplified the pitfalls of hype overshadowing infrastructure, resulting in rapid failure. Today, AI is creating a deeper disruption than the internet did, affecting the very essence of knowledge work. Leaders must address the evolving relationship between technology and human identity, preparing for ongoing transformation rather than temporary solutions. Continue reading What the dot-com era gets right — and dangerously wrong — about where AI is taking us

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APIs: The Overlooked Cybersecurity Risk Boards Need to Understand

Sandeep Choudhari

A recent cyberattack leveraging APIs through Salesloft’s Drift chatbot highlights a critical oversight in cybersecurity—APIs as vulnerable points. Despite their essential role in digital operations, APIs often lack board-level attention, posing significant financial, regulatory, and reputational risks. This post talks of what boards can do, and what questions they must ask relating to API threats to keep teams accountable. Continue reading APIs: The Overlooked Cybersecurity Risk Boards Need to Understand

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Wise Up, Scale Up: The Board’s Playbook for Winning in AI

Sandeep Choudhari

AI presents a transformative opportunity for businesses, but boards face a dilemma: accelerate growth wisely to avoid risks like regulatory scrutiny and cultural distrust. Effective governance, responsible AI use, and talent readiness are crucial. By ensuring management balances speed with foresight, boards can help companies thrive in the evolving AI landscape. Continue reading Wise Up, Scale Up: The Board’s Playbook for Winning in AI

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Centaur Employees: Why Humans and AI Are Better Together

Sandeep Choudhari

“Is AI going to take our jobs?” It’s the question everyone’s asking—whether you’re in a boardroom, a classroom, or just chatting with friends. And honestly, it’s a valid worry. AI and automation are moving fast, faster than anything we’ve seen before. So yeah, feeling a bit uneasy about what the future holds is natural. But here’s the thing: history shows us that technology doesn’t usually kick humans out of the picture. Instead, it changes our roles. The folks who win will be the ones who don’t try to go head-to-head with machines but team up with them instead. I like … Continue reading Centaur Employees: Why Humans and AI Are Better Together